Deuteronomy 25:3
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Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.

not exceed

2 Corinthians 11:24,25 Of the Jews five times did I receive forty stripes save one. . . .

Job 18:3 Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?

Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Luke 18:9-12 And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable: . . .

James 2:2,3 For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire: . . .

Context
Fairness and Mercy
2And if they see that the offender be worthy of stripes: they shall lay him down, and shall cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin shall the measure also of the stripes be: 3Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:24
Of the Jews five times did I receive forty stripes save one.

Job 18:3
Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?

Lexicon
He may receive
יַכֶּ֖נּוּ (yak·ken·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

no
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

more
יֹסִ֑יף (yō·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

than forty {lashes},
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 705: Forty

lest
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

your brother
אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

be beaten
לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ (lə·hak·kō·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

any more
יֹסִ֨יף (yō·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

than
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

that
אֵ֙לֶּה֙ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

and be degraded
וְנִקְלָ֥ה (wə·niq·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7034: To be lightly esteemed or dishonored

in your sight.
לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain


Additional Translations
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.

Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

And they shall scourge him with forty stripes in number, they shall not inflict more; for if thou shouldest scourge him with more stripes beyond these stripes, thy brother will be disgraced before thee.

With forty [stripes] shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes.

Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile to thee.

Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.

forty times he doth smite him -- he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these -- many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.
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